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: 1925 Cardiff City signed Hugh Ferguson, who at the time was the record scoring Scottish centre forward, from Motherwell. From 1916 up until his transfer, he had scored 283 goals in the Scottish League(the highest total at the time), and he had become the first player to score more than 40 goals in one season in 1920-1921. He stayed at Cardiff for five years with the high point being scoring the winning goal against Arsenal which took the FA Cup out of England for the only time. He moved to Dundee in 1930 and unfortunately died under tragic circumstances in the Clubs dressing room that same year. During his career he played 423 games in total scoring 363 Goals; 1951 Derek Dooley scored 5 goals in Sheffield Wednesday's win over Notts County. He stood 6'3 and weighed almost 14 stone. He became the sensation of the season. He had only played twice in the two seasons previous, and came into the side on the 15th Septemberwith the Club 7th from bottom of Division 2. At the end of the season they were Champions and Dooley had hit 46 goals from 30 matches, then a Club record. he broke his leg the following season in a collision with the goalkeeper at Deepdale against Preston. Unfortunately gangrene set in and he had to have the leg amputated. He was only 23 when he was lost to the game.; 1960 Ian McColl Rangers International wing half appointed Scottish Manager. He had come to prominance towards the end of The Second World War with Queens Park. He turned professional with Rangers mid-way through the 1946-1947 season. In his career he won every honour at Rangers playing in some 450 games, of which 337 were in the League. He had also won 14 Scottish Caps between 1949 and 1958.; 1965 Jimmy Walsh, former centre forward with Oldham Athletic, Hearts of Midlothian and Millwall in the 1930's died. He had signed for Oldham in 1934 and scored 11 goals in his first season. He scored 33 in the next season and then moved to Hearts. In his one season he scored 22 League goals and memorably 9 goals in a cup tie against Kings Park. He was signed by Millwall in 1937 and won a Third Division South medal at the end of that season.